| dammar | A resin resembling copal, obtained from various species of Shorea (family Dipterocarpaceae) in the East Indies; used, dissolved in chloroform, for mounting microscopic specimens. Origin: Hind. Damar, resin (05 Mar 2000) |
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| dammara | An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to the East Indies, especially. Shorea robusta and the dammar pine. <botany> Dammar pine,, a tree of the Moluccas (Agathis, or Dammara, orientalis), yielding dammar. Origin: Jav. & Malay. Damar. <botany> A large tree of the order Coniferae, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia; called also Agathis. There are several species. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |